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Kanchanpur NEA office falls victim to vandals

   
  

Added At:  2012-05-21 6:01 PM

   Last Updated At: 2012-05-21 6:01 PM

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The locals vandalised the office at 12:00 noon saying the office did not provide electricity service for the past two days.

RAJBIRAJ: Locals of Kanchanpur in Saptari district today vandalised and set fire at the office of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to protest load shedding.


The locals vandalised windows of Sub-branch of the NEA based in Kanchanpur Hatiya by entering into the office and also burned the documents.


The locals vandalised the office at 12:00 noon saying the office did not provide electricity service for the past two days.


They also warned of padlocking the office if the electricity was not provided regularly.


The locals said that they informed the body concerned about the load shedding but it did not listen and claimed that the power was supplied to other places by curtailing in Kanchanpur.


No agitators were arrested though police used slight force to remove them after the agitators started to vandalise the office.


More police personnel have been deployed at the office of the NEA after the incident.


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